Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-27

tfoaal speech 90 she Confctserate Nees
crans mt Macon-''>tate Sovereignty
Not Dead."
NKw YORK. october ga Macon, Ca, special %
the Herald says that last night grea, torchlighe
demonstration occurred In honor of Jenersoo
DAVIS Gen. =enry jackson. ex-mlniste- n 49,
80, = as speech 10 The veterans yesscts.y s.ni.
of Georgia the distinguished MiSsissi opfa1 wa
wi;Aln tue life OF the present generation, the
We, Confederate veterans relci OF the srmiss
which fought for that cause. are here Co neet hiR
70 move before hin.'a the prids and poa7 q p
TO no Roman yoke OF sublngatiOn. b. inyitauaa e
the state OF Georgia speaking through her duB
empowered oricialS, an have come. Behold ma
Jestic truth revealing herscL
STATE SOVEREIGNTY ~ NOT DEAD.
Georgia Is a sovereign stu, and calls upon hee
people TO g.ory with her to-day. Her glory n n
her history. Her history Is the memory OF her
dead and this day is scOn.ecrate 70 her confederate
dead They were guilty OF no treason 90 her. To
whom. then. could they be traitorss Where shall
we seek their higher sovereign: shall We find him
In the Federal Constitution: Then there was q
sovereign smtten 10 earth by traitor hands tram
pied in the dust by traitor feet hut the hands and
.'Do We hold that the men who fought against
them were traitorsf Not at all They, too. were
loyal 20 their soveneign, fhe Constitution was
parties, without one atom of sovereignty In ITSELF
since. with Impunity, through long years OF psiV-
ns SS MS TSey cS naseS s ,5,a . pns
the mere attempt Federal power 10 force lis de-
crees within their doniinions, and because. after
decades OF endurance as patient as II was deuslve
the sovereign parties OF the South declined 70
accept their revolutionary Will In permanent
place of the Constitution, the soyeregns OF the
North, with numbers overwhelming and material
unoounded. made aggressive war upon them 70
force them 10 accept Al. The world has been told
that the people OF the south made the war 70 per-
petuate African slavery. This II false. They did
not create. institute, nor do they now wish 70 re-
store IT. The principle Tor which we fought-the
oniy principle OF Government expansive enough TO
meet the requirements OF advancing civilization,
made OF late by GladstOnes eloquence 10 familiar
10 European thOught-MaS American born. Red
with the blocd oi confederate herOes moist with
the tears OF Confederate widows and orphans,
eastward shall IL continue 20 roll carrying with &c
the blessed light OF the Christian CIVILIZATION ala
round the glObe, and 80 surely it moves it shall
bring the day OF final triumph
DAVIS, NOT LINCOLN, The RIGHrFuL PRESIDENT.
"ln that tribunal procession Abraham Lincoln
shall not move as the Iightful President but JEFF
ierson Davis, the so-calied traitor leader OF So
called lost cause. We. as CoLfedcrates. can echo
from our hearts the patriotic cry OF Webster. the
great, Thanks be 10 God that |, too. am Amer
lean citlZen; but II the so-called New south be q
base surrender of the old false confession, meanly
false, OF shame IN our past, shame in our sires,
shame In our dead, which none but the sillest
fool can honestly feel, then with all u the power
given % US by the God Of truth, we cry 'Ayaunt,
raise SOuIhi Ayaunt, Rotten trunk upon a cursed
root, lily fruit must turn TO ashcs."